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Akira Nishiyama

Akira Nishiyama

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Medicine

D-Index
96
Citations
31813
World Ranking
9726
National Ranking
269

Overview

Akira Nishiyama is affiliated with Kagawa University in Japan and is primarily engaged in medical research. Their work has produced at least 421 publications within the field of Medicine, with a particular focus on subfields that include Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Physiology, and Surgery.

The scientist's research topics cover a range of issues related to hormonal regulation and hypertension, blood pressure and hypertension studies, sodium intake and health, diet and metabolism, pancreatic function and diabetes, diabetes treatment and management, and the intersections of diet, metabolism, and disease.

Nishiyama has contributed to numerous scientific publications, including papers such as:

  • "Hypertension and related diseases in the era of COVID-19: a report from the Japanese Society of Hypertension Task Force on COVID-19," 2020, Hypertension Research
  • "Astrocytic phagocytosis is a compensatory mechanism for microglial dysfunction," 2020, The EMBO Journal
  • "Organ protection by SGLT2 inhibitors: role of metabolic energy and water conservation," 2020, Nature Reviews Nephrology
  • "Kidney Outcomes Associated With SGLT2 Inhibitors Versus Other Glucose-Lowering Drugs in Real-world Clinical Practice: The Japan Chronic Kidney Disease Database," 2021, Diabetes Care
  • "New Concept of Onco-Hypertension and Future Perspectives," 2020, Hypertension

The scientist regularly collaborates with fellow researchers. Frequent co-authors include Daisuke Nakano, Yuichiro Yano, Koichi Node, Kento Kitada, and Asadur Rahman.

Their research has been published extensively in specialized venues such as Hypertension Research, Journal of Hypertension, Proceedings for Annual Meeting of The Japanese Pharmacological Society, Hypertension, and Scientific Reports.

Best Publications

  • The Intrarenal Renin-Angiotensin System: From Physiology to the Pathobiology of Hypertension and Kidney Disease

    Hiroyuki Kobori;Masaomi Nangaku;L. Gabriel Navar;Akira Nishiyama

  • AP-1 transcriptional activity is regulated by a direct association between thioredoxin and Ref-1

    Kiichi Hirota;Minoru Matsui;Satoshi Iwata;Akira Nishiyama

  • Identification of Thioredoxin-binding Protein-2/Vitamin D3 Up-regulated Protein 1 as a Negative Regulator of Thioredoxin Function and Expression

    Akira Nishiyama;Minoru Matsui;Satoshi Iwata;Kiichi Hirota

  • Inhibition of diabetic nephropathy by a decoy peptide corresponding to the “handle” region for nonproteolytic activation of prorenin

    Atsuhiro Ichihara;Matsuhiko Hayashi;Yuki Kaneshiro;Fumiaki Suzuki

  • Overexpression of thioredoxin in transgenic mice attenuates focal ischemic brain damage.

    Yasushi Takagi;Akira Mitsui;Akira Nishiyama;Kazuhiko Nozaki

  • Regulation of Intrarenal Angiotensin II in Hypertension

    L. Gabriel Navar;Lisa M. Harrison-Bernard;Akira Nishiyama;Hiroyuki Kobori

  • Zscan4 regulates telomere elongation and genomic stability in ES cells

    Michal Zalzman;Geppino Falco;Lioudmila V. Sharova;Akira Nishiyama

  • Possible Contributions of Reactive Oxygen Species and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase to Renal Injury in Aldosterone/Salt-Induced Hypertensive Rats

    Akira Nishiyama;Li Yao;Yukiko Nagai;Kayoko Miyata

  • Thioredoxin-2 (TRX-2) is an essential gene regulating mitochondria-dependent apoptosis.

    Toru Tanaka;Fumihito Hosoi;Yuko Yamaguchi-Iwai;Hajime Nakamura

  • Role of NAD(P)H Oxidase- and Mitochondria-Derived Reactive Oxygen Species in Cardioprotection of Ischemic Reperfusion Injury by Angiotensin II

    Shoji Kimura;Guo-Xing Zhang;Akira Nishiyama;Takatomi Shokoji

  • Brd4 Marks Select Genes on Mitotic Chromatin and Directs Postmitotic Transcription

    Anup Dey;Akira Nishiyama;Tatiana Karpova;James McNally

  • Prorenin receptor blockade inhibits development of glomerulosclerosis in diabetic angiotensin II type 1a receptor-deficient mice.

    Atsuhiro Ichihara;Fumiaki Suzuki;Tsutomu Nakagawa;Yuki Kaneshiro

  • Cardiac oxidative stress in acute and chronic isoproterenol-infused rats.

    Guo-Xing Zhang;Shoji Kimura;Akira Nishiyama;Takatomi Shokoji

  • Renal Interstitial Fluid Concentrations of Angiotensins I and II in Anesthetized Rats

    Akira Nishiyama;Dale M. Seth;L. Gabriel Navar

  • Slowly Progressive, Angiotensin II–Independent Glomerulosclerosis in Human (Pro)renin Receptor–Transgenic Rats

    Yuki Kaneshiro;Atsuhiro Ichihara;Mariyo Sakoda;Tomoko Takemitsu

  • Nonproteolytic activation of prorenin contributes to development of cardiac fibrosis in genetic hypertension

    Atsuhiro Ichihara;Yuki Kaneshiro;Tomoko Takemitsu;Mariyo Sakoda

  • Aldosterone Stimulates Reactive Oxygen Species Production through Activation of NADPH Oxidase in Rat Mesangial Cells

    Kayoko Miyata;Matlubur Rahman;Takatomi Shokoji;Yukiko Nagai

  • Mitochondria-Derived Reactive Oxygen Species and Vascular MAP Kinases. Comparison of Angiotensin II and Diazoxide

    Shoji Kimura;Guo-Xing Zhang;Akira Nishiyama;Takatomi Shokoji

  • Enhancement of Intrarenal Angiotensinogen in Dahl Salt-Sensitive Rats on High Salt Diet

    Hiroyuki Kobori;Akira Nishiyama;Youichi Abe;L. Gabriel Navar

  • The Bromodomain Protein Brd4 Stimulates G1 Gene Transcription and Promotes Progression to S Phase

    Kazuki Mochizuki;Akira Nishiyama;Moon Kyoo Jang;Anup Dey

Frequent Co-Authors

Hiroyuki Kobori
Hiroyuki Kobori International University of Health and Welfare
Tomohiko Tamura
Tomohiko Tamura Yokohama City University
Keiko Ozato
Keiko Ozato Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Junji Yodoi
Junji Yodoi Kyoto University
L. Gabriel Navar
L. Gabriel Navar Tulane University
Hiroshi Masutani
Hiroshi Masutani Tenri Health Care University
Hiroshi Itoh
Hiroshi Itoh Keio University
Minoru S.H. Ko
Minoru S.H. Ko Keio University
Sadayoshi Ito
Sadayoshi Ito Tohoku University
Hajime Nakamura
Hajime Nakamura Kyoto University

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